adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And he does this without being maudlin or self-pitying.
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His mood was an explosive mixture of maudlin self-pity and forced gaiety, the latter predominating as he got drunker.
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I became maudlin , drinking more rich claret than my chaplain would like to imagine.
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Nearing Birmingham, Crilly grows maudlin .
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No plea for contributions was too maudlin .
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The anger had turned to resentment, and now the resentment was replaced by maudlin self-pity.
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Then she drinks too much and gets maudlin about this ex-boyfriend.
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There are the quiet, maudlin times: injured parties, slighted lovers, Chet Baker playing to serenade them.